JESUS' EARLY MINISTRY IN JUDEA﻿

Vocabulary

This list is both a vocabulary list and a study tool. For terms not found in the textbook, students should search in another book, online (CatholicCulture.org, CatholicOnline.org, or Dictionary of Catholic Terms) or in their notes. Students are to create a list and print the "glossary", stapling it in their notebook. This is a large assignment and should be completed over time. Remember this is not a textbook-driven class, our primary source is Holy Scripture.

Jesus in Jerusalem (the first time)

Read Jn. 3: 1-21 take inquiry notes THEN answer the following questions: 1. What must people do to enter the kingdom of God? 2. Can we know the ways of God? (Spirit = wind) 3. Why did God send his only son?

1. Why were the apostles uneasy about traveling the road through Samaria? 2. How and why was it necessary for Christ to "draw" the Samaritan woman into a conversation? 3. How was his approach different from that with Nicodemus? 4. What does he have to say about the "religion" of their ancestors? 5. Read 2 Kings 17.

Assignment: How might you have responded? Would you have been able to listen and respond?

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